Assortment-box or display-rack for lead-pencils, penholders, or the like.



No. 877,649. PATENTED JAN. 28, 1908.

J. s. KENNY. ASSORTMENT BOX OBDISPLAY RACK FOR LEAD PENGIL'S, PENHOLDERS,

OR THE LIKE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE ZZ, 1907, 2 SHBETS SHEET L m: NgRms PETERS 0a., wnsnmcrou, 0. c.

No. 877,649. PATENTED JAN. 28. 1908. J. S KENNY. ASSORTMENT BOX OR DISPLAY RACK FOR LEAD PENGILS, PENHOLDERS,

OR THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 22, 1907.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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A SSORTMENT-BOX OR DISPLAY-RACK FOR LEAD-PENCILS, PENHOLDERS, OR THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 28, 1908.

Application filed June 22 1907. Serial No. 380,819.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN STEPHEN KENNY, residing in New York city, in the State and countyof New York, have invented a certain new and Improved Assortment-Box or Display-Rack for Lead-Pencils, Penholders, and the Like, of which the following is a specification.

The assortment box or display rack in which my invention resides consists of a plurality of sector {shaped hollow sections preferably quadrant shaped or not exceeding 90 provided with peripheral openings or holes for the insertion of individual pencils or the like, and with a base at or near the apex of the section upon which the converging inner ends of the pencils may rest. The stems of the pencils, seen through the open sides of the section, resemble in their arrangement the sticks of a fan. These quadrant-like sections are mounted upon a common axis on which they can turn independently of one another, so that any one of them may be turned in a direction to separate it from the group, and permit readier access to be had to the pencils which it carries.

In the accompanying drawingFigure 1 is a perspective view of the article with one of the sections turned over to the side of the frame opposite that on which the other sections of the group are located. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross section in the plane of the axis on'which the sections are mounted. Fig. 3-

is a side elevation of one of the sections with the side removed so as to expose the interior.

There are six sections in all. Each section is like the others in construction, size and shape, so that a description of one will answer for all. Each section has the shape of the sector of a circle-a quadrant in this instance; it ismade of cardboard or 'pasteboard, and is closed on its periphery, its ends and sides being of a width to permit it to receive in its hollow interior a single row of encils P. These pencils pass through indlvidual holes formed for them in the periphery of the section, and their inner ends bring up against a cylindrical hub a, preferably of wood, to which the sides and ends of the section are made fast, and axially through which extends the hole through which passes the rod 7) on which all of the sections are mounted This rod is mounted rigidly in bearings in standards 0 of the supporting frame 0.

At either extremity of the frame is a ledge or vertical cross strip d, which connects the standards 0, and also serves tosupport the free ends of the sections A in slightly raised position when the sections are turned down on that side of the frame. The sections, each of which holds a dozen encils, normally are turned down so as to ie all on one side of the frame. Whenever it is desired to expose any one of the sections this can readily be done by turning it on its axis so as to withdraw it from the group and turn it down upon the other side of the frameas indicated in Fig. 1, where one rack section is withdrawn from the rest of the group and turned down upon the side of the frame opposite the latter. I

The sides of the rack sections may be of skeleton form, or have openings in them, to disclose the converging stems of the pencils within as indicated at c.

Having described my invention what I claim herein as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- An assortment box or display rack for lead pencils and the like, consisting of a plurality of corresponding sector-shaped rack sections, mounted side by side in a suitable supporting stand upon a common axis on which each is free to move independently of the others, each rack section having on its eriphery a row of holes for the reception of individual pencils, and at or near its center, a hub or rest to receive the converging inner ends of the pencils, substantially as and for the pur poses hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN S. KENNY.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL KRAUS, PERCY H. BuoKMAsTER. 

